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August 19, 2014JOB VACANCIES, MAY 2014 In Nova Scotia in May 2014, the three month average number of job vacancies was 5,300, up 700 from a year earlier. In Canada, the number of job vacancies in May 2014 was 240,400, up 13,800 from May 2013.
The Job Vacancy Rate (the number of job vacancies or vacant positions on the last business day of the month as a percentage of labour demand) for Nova Scotia in May 2014 was 1.4, up 0.2 percent from a year earlier. The lowest job vacancy rate in Canada this month were in Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador , both at 1.3. Nationally, the job vacancy rate for May 2014 was 1.6, up from 1.5 a year earlier.
In May 2014, the unemployment to job vacancies ratio for Nova Scotia was 8.9, down 1.4 percent from May 2013's figure. Within the Atlantic Region, Newfoundland and Labrador had the highest Unemployment to Job Vacancies ratio at 13.2. Alberta once again has the lowest Unemployment to Job Vacancies ratio (2.4). In Canada, the unemployment to job vacancies ratio for May 2014 was 5.8, down from 6.3 a year ago.
Source: Statistics Canada's Job Vacancies. CANSIM 284-0001 through 284-0004